Crosby Stills & Nash (music group)

Amid the recent deaths of Eagles founding member Glenn Frey, barrier-breaking British rocker David Bowie and beloved metal great Lemmy Kilmister, some confusion has arisen over when Crosby, Stills and Nash drummer Dallas Taylor passed away.

Taylor, who is profiled in a Times obituary below, died one year ago, on Jan. 18, 2015.

Dallas Taylor liked to say that he made his first million — and his last million — by the time he was 21.

The rock drummer was a key sideman for Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. He played at Woodstock, appeared on seven top-selling albums and bought three Ferraris. He also stabbed himself in the stomach with a butcher...